The last two rounds of negotiations occurred April 16-17 and May 15-16, 2019 at Southwest Airlines Headquarters Dallas, Texas. On April 16-17, we had encouraging dialog with the Company and we made progress on Article Seven (Overtime). We addressed rest rule language as well as problematic Mandatory Overtime issues with all covered employee groups. Discussions […]
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Brothers and Sisters, American management recently distributed incomplete and misleading negotiating documents to its employees. Don’t be fooled by their union-busting tactics. Please visit our Association page at http://www.usaamerger.com to view the videos partitioned into sections for easier viewing to see the real state of negotiations between American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association. Then tell
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Sisters and Brothers: Your Negotiating Committee has scheduled June 4-5, 2019, as the next dates of direct negotiations with Alaska Airlines. Unfortunately, several scheduling conflicts have prevented the parties from meeting any sooner. We look forward to continuing the momentum built during our last session. There is one source of official communications regarding these negotiations
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ExpressJet June Bid Packet Update If you already submitted your bid, please take another look. The lines are the same, but they’re sorted differently to put them in order of most days off to least. This was done for anyone who doesn’t bid. They get awarded the highest number their seniority can hold per the
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Special Podcast Edition – The Association Responds To American Airline’s So Called Proposal TWU Strategic Action Coordinator Brian Parker talks with TWU Executive Negotiator Gary Peterson and IAM Executive Negotiator Tom Reagan about what American Airlines calls their “Full Company Proposal.” Click here to listen
We now have a tentative agreement for Menzies-ORD. Copies of the Agreement will be issued this week and each employee will be given a copy. If you have not been issued a copy please contact your Steward. Please take the time to read the Agreement and take note of any questions you might have. Bring
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Informational meetings were held April 30 and May 1, 2019. A vote was held on May 2 and unanimously voted YES! You voted on: A significant wage increase in January, a Birthday Holiday to all employees and a contract through December 31, 2021. Thank you all for your patience and to all that participated! New
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Sisters and Brothers: The IAM/Signature-MDW Agreement will expire on June 10,2019 Accordingly, a call for contract proposals is now being made. All proposals are to be submitted on a contract proposal form and received in the District office no later than May 17, 2019. When submitting more than one proposal, please use separate forms. Each
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Sisters and Brothers: The IAM/Signature-DCA Agreement will expire on June 10, 2019 Accordingly, a call for contract proposals is now being made. All proposals are to be submitted on a contract proposal form and received in the District office no later than May 17, 2019. When submitting more than one proposal, please use separate forms.
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Brothers and Sisters, American Airlines has made the determination to try changing the negotiations from the bargaining table to directly bargaining in the breakrooms, on the shop floor and on the ramp. Their direct appeal to TWU and IAM members represented by the Association is an end-around rarely seen by the most anti-union employers during
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